b. abt. 1600
Witherell, also spelled Weatherwell or Witherle. In England William was a schoolmaster in Maidstone, Kent, England, having received his baccalaureate degree from Bennet (Corpus Christi) College, Cambridge University in Jan., 1623 and his A. m. at 1626. In New England he taught grammar school in Charlestown, MA in 1636. He preached for a time in Duxbury, and in Sept., 1644 became minister of the church in Scituate, MA; sworn a freeman June 1, 1658
William "was the first pastor of the Second Church in Scituate. He came in the ship Hercules of Sandwich, 200 tons, John Witherly, master, from Maidstone, England, with his wife Mary, three children and one servant, on certificates dated Mar. 1634. He had formerly resided in Sollolk. His house stood a few rods southeast of the meeting house, which was 'fifty rods east of Stony Cove Brook,' on the crest of Wilson Hill, and was his residence during the thirty-0nine years of his ministry. He died in 1684. Persons from neighboring towns brought their children to him for baptism, probably because their own ministers were opposed to infant sprinkling. Among them were the families of Rogers of Marshfield, Nathaniel and Josiah Winslow (the Governor), and Kenhelm Winslow (Governor Edward Winslow's brother) from Yarmouth."6
On 26 Mar 1627 William married Mary Fisher, daughter of Thomas Fisher (19 Nov 1564-2 Apr 1608) & Joan Lake (20 Dec 1576-), at St Mildred's Cathedral, Canterbury. Born on 17 Apr 1604 at Boughton-Monchelse, Kent. Mary died at Scituate, MA, bef 26 Mar 1684.
Rev. William Witherell 
Mary Witherell